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Monday Creek Fire

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Unit Information

Medicine Bow National Forest 
2468 Jackson Street 
Laramie, 
Wyoming 
82070 
Medicine Bow National Forest 
2468 Jackson Street 
Laramie, 
Wyoming 
82070 

Incident Contacts

  • Fire Information
    Email:
    sm.fs.r2.mbr_vis@usda.gov
    Phone:
    970-819-2898
    Hours:
    8 am - 5 pm

Photographs Gallery

Type 3 Helicopter at Helibase Smoke
Green, black and white type one helicopter fuels up at Esterbrook Work Center, with a smoke column billowing up from the mountains in the background.
Green, black and white type one helicopter fuels up at Esterbrook Work Center, with a smoke column billowing up from the mountains in the background.
Type 3 Helicopter at Helibase Smoke

Wyoming State Forestry Division Type 3 helicopter fuels up, Monday Creek Fire in the background, Sunday July 10th

Dozer line stops fire spread in grass and sage
Wyoming high desert landscape including pine, sage, and grass, is cut by a eight foot wide dozer line exposing bare soil. On the right side of the dozer line the grass and sage are burned and the soil is black. The right side of the dozer line is unburned
Wyoming high desert landscape including pine, sage, and grass, is cut by a eight foot wide dozer line exposing bare soil. On the right side of the dozer line the grass and sage are burned and the soil is black. The right side of the dozer line is unburned
Dozer line stops fire spread in grass and sage

Dozer line slows fire spread through grass and sage brush on the Monday Creek Fire.

Type 2 Helicopter Huey Smoky Sunset
Blue and white Type 2 helicopter sits in the grass in front of a smoky pink and purple sunset
Blue and white Type 2 helicopter sits in the grass in front of a smoky pink and purple sunset
Type 2 Helicopter Huey Smoky Sunset

Type 2 Helicopter with smoky sunset in background.

Monday Creek Fire from Esterbrook Jul 13 2022
This is a landscape photo showing the Esterbrook church with Laramie Peak in the background and wisps of smoke rising up from a ridgeline to the northwest
This is a landscape photo showing the Esterbrook church with Laramie Peak in the background and wisps of smoke rising up from a ridgeline to the northwest
Monday Creek Fire from Esterbrook Jul 13 2022

Esterbrook church with Laramie Peak in the background and smoke to the west

Dozer line through thick sage brush
Dozer line cuts through thick vegetation leaving an eight foot wide tract of bare soil. On the left of the dozer line is thick pine and aspen forest and sage. On the right is thick sage brush. The background contains the Laramie Mountains.
Dozer line cuts through thick vegetation leaving an eight foot wide tract of bare soil. On the left of the dozer line is thick pine and aspen forest and sage. On the right is thick sage brush. The background contains the Laramie Mountains.
Dozer line through thick sage brush

Dozer lines were constructed along Esterbrook Rd on the east side of the Monday Creek Fire to expose bare soil and suppress fire growth.

Retardant on ridge Monday Creek Fire
Wyoming high desert landscape including pine, juniper, sage, grass, and boulders, is covered in red fire retardant.
Wyoming high desert landscape including pine, juniper, sage, grass, and boulders, is covered in red fire retardant.
Retardant on ridge Monday Creek Fire

A multitude of aerial firefighting resources were utilized to suppress the Monday Creek Fire on Saturday and Sunday, leaving behind streaks of red retardant across the landscape.

Monday Creek Fire Photo July 12, 2022
Four men wearing ball caps, yellow nomex shirts and blue jeans are standing in front of a yellow Converse County Rural Firefighters fire engine.
Four men wearing ball caps, yellow nomex shirts and blue jeans are standing in front of a yellow Converse County Rural Firefighters fire engine.
Monday Creek Fire Photo July 12, 2022

Local volunteer firefighters from Converse County Rural Firefighters were first to respond Saturday afternoon to the new start 7 miles Southwest of Esterbrook. From left to right Kerry Wallace, Jim Bass, Ron Broten, and Gene Cole.

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 10, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022
Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022

Monday Creek Fire, July 9, 2022

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